Definitions for Citrus

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Citrus cit·rus

Spelling: [si-truh s]

IPA: /ˈsɪ trəs/

Citrus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in Citrus (cirstu).

Definitions for Citrus

noun

1. any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
2. the tart-to-sweet, pulpy fruit of any of these trees or shrubs, having a characteristically smooth, shiny, stippled skin.

adjective

1. Also, citrous. of or relating to such trees or shrubs, or their fruit.

Origin of Citrus

1815-25; New Latin, Latin: citron tree

Examples for Citrus

If pairing with citrus flavors you might want to consider a nice Riesling as well.

There are over 20,000 acres today in this republic on which citrus fruit is grown.

Orange (sweet) oil, expressed from the peel of citrus aurantium.

citrus medica Limonum (citronnier in French, lemon in English).

I became numb to the barrage of smells: citrus disinfectants, burning trash, sewage, sweat, and diesel.

Strong fennel and wormwood hit the back of my tongue along with a dryness from the barrel and hints of citrus from the chamomile.

He sprays the glass with some citrus peel and garnishes the cocktail with an organic flower and cinnamon sticks.

If citrus fruits are boiled slowly they are apt to grow dark and strong.

The bergamot-lemon, or fruit of citrus bergamia; also sometimes, colloquially, the fragrant oil obtained from its rind.

Where citrus County felt like a coiled spring, the pace of A Million Heavens is sedate, diffused among a dozen or so characters.